This is an analysis of the poem Where Is That Love That We Made that begins with:

Which side of my heart,
Now......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAcDeFG cAbAcDeFG HCbHCb CCCC AbAcDeFG HCb CCCC CCCC AbAcDeFXCCCC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,6,4,8,3,4,4,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 1 1110101 1 101 1 1111 10111110 1 11011 1 1110101 1 101 1 1111 10111110 11110111101 11110111100101 1 11110111101 11110111100101 1 1011111 1011111 1011111 101111 11011 1 1110101 1 101 1 1111 10111110 11110111101 11110111100101 1 1011111 1011111 1011111 101111 1011111 1011111 1011111 101111 11011 1 1110101 1 101 1 1111 1011111 1011111 1011111 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, that, love, where, we, made, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words why, where are repeated.

    The author used the same word where at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines made is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words beaten, made at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Where Is That Love That We Made;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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